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Overview

Mario Ruiz is affiliated with the National Polytechnic School in Ecuador and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research expertise spans several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Sociology and Political Science, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of seismic and geophysical phenomena. Key research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on seismic processes and volcanic activity. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga" (2022) published in Science
  • "Caldera resurgence during the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos Islands" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Detailed Structure of the Subducted Nazca Slab into the Lower Mantle Derived From Continent-Scale Teleseismic P Wave Tomography" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "ESeismic: Towards an Ecuadorian volcano seismic repository" (2020) published in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Triggered crustal earthquake swarm across subduction segment boundary after the 2016 Pedernales, Ecuador megathrust earthquake" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Mario Ruiz frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Stephen Hernández, Jordi Díaz, Ariadna Canari, María Ortuño, and Jauma Vergés. These co-authors appear regularly in their published work, contributing to various interdisciplinary studies.

Their work is commonly published in scientific venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Mario Ruiz's research contributes to the understanding of seismic and volcanic phenomena with integration of geophysical, geological, and computational methods. Their scholarly output reflects a focused engagement with seismology, tectonics, and geophysical imaging relevant to the South American region and global geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Deploying a wireless sensor network on an active volcano

    G. Werner-Allen;K. Lorincz;M. Ruiz;O. Marcillo

  • Monitoring volcanic eruptions with a wireless sensor network

    G. Werner-Allen;J. Johnson;M. Ruiz;J. Lees

  • Very long period oscillations of Mount Erebus Volcano

    R. Aster;S. Mah;P. Kyle;W. McIntosh

  • Broadband seismic monitoring of active volcanoes using deterministic and stochastic approaches

    Hiroyuki Kumagai;Masaru Nakano;Takuto Maeda;Hugo Yepes

  • Interpretation and utility of infrasonic records from erupting volcanoes

    J.B. Johnson;R.C. Aster;M.C. Ruiz;S.D. Malone

  • Source constraints of Tungurahua volcano explosion events

    Mario C. Ruiz;Mario C. Ruiz;Jonathan M. Lees;Jeffrey B. Johnson

  • Pyroclastic density currents (PDC) of the 16-17 August 2006 eruptions of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador: Geophysical registry and characteristics

    Minard L. Hall;Alexander L. Steele;Patricia A. Mothes;Mario C. Ruiz

  • Acoustic multipole source model for volcanic explosions and inversion for source parameters

    Keehoon Kim;Jonathan M. Lees;Mario Ruiz

  • A Global Database of Strong‐Motion Displacement GNSS Recordings and an Example Application to PGD Scaling

    Christine J. Ruhl;Diego Melgar;Diego Melgar;Jianghui Geng;Dara E. Goldberg

  • Stress tensor analysis of the 1998–1999 tectonic swarm of northern Quito related to the volcanic swarm of Guagua Pichincha volcano, Ecuador

    Denis Legrand;Denis Legrand;Alcinoe Calahorrano;Bertrand Guillier;Bertrand Guillier;Luis Rivera;Luis Rivera

  • Real-time data received from Mount Erebus Volcano, Antarctica

    R. Aster;W. MacIntosh;P. Kyle;R. Esser

  • Ascending seismic source during an explosive eruption at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador

    Hiroyuki Kumagai;Pablo Placios;Mario Ruiz;Hugo Yepes

  • The scientific–community interface over the fifteen-year eruptive episode of Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador

    Patricia A Mothes;Hugo A Yepes;Minard L Hall;Patricio A Ramón

  • Detailed Structure of the Subducted Nazca Slab into the Lower Mantle Derived From Continent-Scale Teleseismic P Wave Tomography

    Daniel Evan Portner;Daniel Evan Portner;Emily E. Rodríguez;Susan Beck;George Zandt

  • Caldera resurgence during the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos Islands

    Andrew F. Bell;Peter C. La Femina;Mario Ruiz;Falk Amelung

  • Seismic, Volcanic, and Geodetic Networks in Ecuador: Building Capacity for Monitoring and Research

    Alexandra Alvarado;Mario Ruiz;Patricia Mothes;Hugo Yepes

  • Source amplitudes of volcano-seismic signals determined by the amplitude source location method as a quantitative measure of event size

    Hiroyuki Kumagai;Rudy Lacson;Yuta Maeda;Melquiades S. Figueroa

  • Sequential plug formation, disintegration by Vulcanian explosions, and the generation of granular Pyroclastic Density Currents at Tungurahua volcano (2013–2014), Ecuador

    Minard L. Hall;Alexander L. Steele;Benjamin Bernard;Patricia A. Mothes

  • The different characteristics of the recent eruptions of Fernandina and Sierra Negra volcanoes (Galápagos, Ecuador)

    Francisco Javier Vasconez;Patricio Ramón;Stephen Hernandez;Silvana Hidalgo

  • Seismic structure and activity of the north-central Lesser Antilles subduction zone from an integrated approach: Similarities with the Tohoku forearc

    M. Laigle;M. Laigle;A. Hirn;M. Sapin;A. Bécel

  • Relationship between volcanic ash fallouts and seismic tremor: quantitative assessment of the 2015 eruptive period at Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador

    Benjamin Bernard;Jean Battaglia;Antonio Proaño;Silvana Hidalgo

  • Reventador Volcano 2005 : Eruptive activity inferred from seismo-acoustic observation

    Jonathan M. Lees;Jeffrey B. Johnson;Mario Ruiz;Mario Ruiz;Liliana Troncoso

  • Stratovolcano growth by co-eruptive intrusion: The 2008 eruption of Tungurahua Ecuador

    J. Biggs;J. Biggs;J. Biggs;P. Mothes;M. Ruiz;F. Amelung

  • Broadband seismic monitoring of active volcanoes using deterministic and stochastic approaches

    H. Kumagai;M. Nakano;T. Maeda;H. Yepes

  • Stress Tensor Analysis of The 1998-99 Tectonic Swarm of Northern Quito Related To The Volcanic Swarm of Guagua Pichincha Volcano, Ecuador.

    D. Legrand;A. Calahorrano;B. Guillier;L. Rivera

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Mothes
Patricia Mothes National Polytechnic School
Hugo Yepes
Hugo Yepes National Polytechnic School
Philippe Charvis
Philippe Charvis Université Côte d'Azur
Susan L. Beck
Susan L. Beck University of Arizona
Jeffrey B. Johnson
Jeffrey B. Johnson Boise State University
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet
Jean-Mathieu Nocquet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andreas Rietbrock
Andreas Rietbrock Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christopher J. Bean
Christopher J. Bean Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Cynthia J. Ebinger
Cynthia J. Ebinger Tulane University
Jonathan Lees
Jonathan Lees Cardiff University

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